All XP SP2 and later users have the firewall on by default. Surely this is an immense percentage of users by now.
Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:20 PM To: Larry Seltzer Cc: Juha-Matti Laurio; [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Larry Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > << If you have a system that is not patched against this threat, you > will be pwned in the same fashion as the MS05-039 exploit spread like > wildfire -- that was my point. > > How? (This is hypothetical here) I am running XPSP2 and my firewall is > on. I don't have file and print sharing on, as is the case with the > overwhelming majority of XPSP2 users. > You have a firewall. You are protecting yourself. You are in the minority. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFJASKlq1pz9mNUZTMRAiDMAKD69PhDXLLBsCTOmn6HJ8SxPivRvwCfT7xy JPzqdMMRDbgWjDIm6ePVCA8= =t35l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
